Ambassadors for Peace Initiative

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Ambassadors for Peace Initiative

• Ambassadors
• for
• Peace
• Initiative

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Universal Peace FederationInterreligious and
International Federation for World Peace

• Ambassadors for Peace
• Building Peace On Common Ground

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Need for leadership

• Beyond traditional boundaries.
• Overcoming barriers and division.

Ambassadors for Peace worldwide network of
diverse leaders committed to building peace based
on common ground of shared values.
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Leadership in all disciplines
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Reconciling differences, Building bridges,
Serving needs.
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• Five key principles needed for lasting peace.
• Based upon universal precepts.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.
Declaration of Independence
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Universal Principles
Self Evident Truths are Universal Principles

• Applicable at all times, and in all places
• Establish the common ground for diverse
  peoples to cooperate
• Set the standard to strive for

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Americas Founding Principles

• Declaration of Independence articulates noble
  ideals.
• Reality of Americas history glaring
  shortcomings to address.

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America Ideals vs. Reality
Trail of Tears

• "Where today are the Pequot? Where are the
  Narragansett, the Mohican, and many other once
  powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished
  before the avarice and the oppression of the
  White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
• Tecumseh Shawnee

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America Ideals vs. Reality
and until every drop of blood drawn with the
lash shall be paid by another drawn with the
sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so
still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether."
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that
this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass
away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until
all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two
hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall
be sunk,
I have a dream that one day this nation will
rise up and live out the true meaning of its
creed "We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men are created equal."
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Universal Principle 1
Universal Principle 1
God relates to humankind with a parental heart.

• God

Jehovah
Allah
Parental Heart
Yahweh
Creator
Source
Tao
Ultimate Reality
Great Spirit
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God is the Parent of Humankind
God is the Parent of all humankind.
God relates to humankind with a parental heart.

• God

Allah
Jehovah
Tao
Yahweh
Ultimate Reality
Great Spirit
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Affirmation in faith traditions
God relates to humankind with a parental heart.
You are the children of the Lord your God.
Judaism and Christianity. Bible, Deuteronomy
14.1
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
name. Christianity. Bible, Matthew
6.9
All human creatures are God's children, and
those dearest to God are those who treat His
children kindly. Islam. Hadith
of Baihaqi
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Universal Principle 2
Universal Principle 2 Humans are Essentially
Spiritual in Nature
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Human beings are essentially spiritual in nature.
Universal Principle 2 Humans are Essentially
Spiritual in Nature
Mind
Happiness
Body
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General Omar N. Bradley

• Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical
  infants.  We know more about war than we know
  about peace, more about killing than we know
  about living.  We have grasped the mystery of the
  atom and rejected the Sermon on the
  Mount."                  

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Aspirations of all people
Humans are Essentially Spiritual in Nature
Aspirations of all people -

• Make a difference contribute to society

• Realize ones potential and develop ones
  character.

• Build loving relationships family bonds.

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Universal Principle 3
Universal Principle 3 Marriage is a Sacred
InstitutionThe Family is a School of Love
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Faithful Marriage Foundation of Family
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Family ? Cornerstone of World Peace

• Families bridge cultures.
• Peaceful families support peaceful nations.
• Basis for empathy with all people.

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Universal Principle 4 Live for the sake of
others.
Individual
Whole
All dimensions of life express relationships of
giving and receiving.
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The Path to Peace.
The Path of Peace
Giving and receiving have no limits
Community
Family
Nation
World
Individual
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Live for others.
All men are responsible for one another. Talmud,
Sanhedrin 27b
Give, and it will be given to you... for the
measure you give will be the measure you receive.
Luke 6.38
Give not with the thought to gain, and be patient
unto thy Lord.  Qur'an
74.6-7
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Universal Principle 5
Universal Principle 5 Interreligious and
International Cooperation are Essential to World
Peace
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Purpose of religion
Universal Principle 5 Interreligious and
International Cooperation are Essential to World
Peace
Religions originally had the mission of reviving
human spirituality, thereby accomplishing the
will of God by bringing humankind back to Him
- Rev. Sun Myung Moon
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But religions have abandoned their original
mission and instead are lost in the swamp of
prejudice and conflict. This has escalated to the
point where, today, we see them being used as
tools for bloodshed and war.
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The Power of Faith

• Faith traditions espouse compassion, love for
  ones neighbor, consideration for those in need.
• The power to end the cycles of resentment,
  violence, retribution must come from an internal
  or spiritual source.
• The highest expression of love for others is
  found in the commitment to love ones enemy.

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Faith Leadership
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The Challenge for People of Faith
Courageous religious leaders are emerging with
the determination to stand on common ground and
overcome divisions and barriers that have
separated people of faith.
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Love your enemy

• You have heard that it was said, You shall love
  your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to
  you, love your enemies and pray for those who
  persecute you, so that you may be sons of your
  Father who is in heaven Matthew 543-48
• The good deed and the evil deed are not
  alike.Repel the evil deed with one which is
  better,then lo!, he with whom you had
  enmnityshall become a bosom friend.
  Quran 41.34

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Getting rid of enmity.
We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate
with hate we get rid of an enemy by getting rid
of enmity.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Reconciliation heart to heart
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Ambassadors for Peace Affirm
Universal Principles of Peace

• God is the Parent of all humankind.
• Humans are essentially spiritual in nature.
• Marriage is a sacred institution the family is a
  school of love.
• The highest standard in relationship is expressed
  in the ideal Live for the sake of others.
• Interreligious and international cooperation are
  essential to world peace.

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AP activities
Ambassadors for Peace
Ambassadors for Peace initiate and support
projects and programs that

• Promote moral education for youth

• Strengthen marriage and family

• Foster interreligious and interracial cooperation
  and understanding

• Integrate service with education

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Ambassadors for Peace Initiative

• Let us work together to bring reconciliation,
  healing and hope to our families, communities,
  and to our troubled world.

Thank you!
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Love Your Enemy

• Throw us in jail, and we shall still love you...
  Beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall
  still love you. But be ye assured that we will
  wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day
  we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves.
  We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience
  that we shall win you in the process, and our
  victory will be a double victory.
• -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Power of Love

• The future world must be one in which religion
  is the first to take down its banner - ahead of
  the political realm and secular worlds - to take
  the lead in practicing true love and compassion.
  All religions must reconcile and cooperate on an
  interreligious level and pull forward the
  reconciliation and unity of nations and races.
  They must have the heart of our Heavenly Father
  and be examples in practicing true love.
• Rev. Sun Myung Moon

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Power of Love

• true love has incredible power. It is a power
  of unimaginable proportions. With this power God
  created the universe. Only the power of Gods
  true love can establish the world of Gods ideal,
  the Kingdom of God in heaven and on earth.
• Rev. Sun Myung Moon